294 SAPOTACK-K. (SAl'dlJll-LA lAMlLV.) 



Okdek S;}. SAPOTACK^T:. (Sai'odilla Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with milky juice, alternate! tMitire exstijjulati' short- 

 petioled leaves, and regular perfect (small) tlowers, commonly in 

 sessile axillary clusters. — Calyx free from the -i- 12-celle(l ovary, 4- 

 8-parted, persistent. Corolla hypogynous, 4 - 8-cleft, mostly with one 

 or two appendages between the lobes. Fertile stamens as many as 

 the lobes of the corolla and opposite them, alternating with as many 

 scale-like or petal-like sterile ones, inserted on the tube of the corolla: 

 anthers extrorse. Ovules anatropous, single, suspended from the cen- 

 tral angle of each cell, or ascending from its l^ase. Fi-uit a drupe or 

 berry. Seeds few. Albumen tieshy or oily, or none. Embryo 

 straight. 



Synopsis. 



* Calyx 5-parted. 

 ■<- Corolla without appendages. 



1. CHRYSOPHYLLTJM. Sterile stamens none. Fruit a berry. 



■t- -1- Corolla with a single appendage between the lobes. 



2. SIDEROXYLON. Sterile stamens none. Fruit a drupe. Albumen copious. 



■I- ■(- -I- Corolla with two appendages between the lobes. 



3. DIPHOLIS. Seed with copious albumen. Sterile stamens fimbriate. Ovary smooth. 



4. BUMELIA. Seed without albumen. Sterile stamens entire. Ovary hairy. 



* * Calyx G - 8-parted. 



5. MIMUSOPS. Appendages of the corolla two between the lobes. Stamens G - 8. 



1. CHRYSOPHYLLUM, L. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-partecl, without appendages. Stamens 5. Ovary 

 5-10-celled, the ovules ascending. Berry mostly 1-celled, 1-seeded. Albu- 

 men scanty. — Tropical trees. Leaves thick, silky beneath. Flowers small, 

 in axillary clusters. 



I.e. olivif orme, Lam. Branchlots, etc. with copper-colored pubescence ; 

 leaves olilong-ovato, acute, entire ; pedicels .shorter thau the petiole ; corolla 

 white; "berry black, 1-seeded." — South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves 

 2' -4' long. 



2. SIDEROXYLON, L. 



Calvx .^-parted. Corolla 5-cleft, with a single appendage between the lobes. 

 Stamens 5, the sterile ones none. Ovary hairy, 5-ceIled. Drupe mostly 1- 

 celled, 1 seeded. Albumen copious. — Tropical trees. Flowers clustered. 



1. S. pallidum, Spreng. Smooth ; leaves membranaceous, ellij)tical, ob- 

 tuse, wavy on the margins, on slender petioles; clu.sters few-flowered ; drupe 

 yellowish, ovoid. — South Florida. — Leaves 5' - 6' long. Drupe 9" long. 



